2. Calls on the Member States and the EU to make sure that legally binding procedures and mechanisms are in place for the selection and appointment of public media heads, management boards, media councils and regulatory bodies that are transparent, are based on merit and indisputable experience and ensure professionalism, integrity and independence, as well as maximum consensus in terms of representing the entire political and social spectrum, legal certainty and continuity rather than political or partisan criteria that are based on a ‘spoil and reward’ system linked to election results or are subject to the will of those in power; not ...[+++]es that every Member State should establish a set of criteria for appointing state media heads or boards, in line with the principles of independence, integrity, experience and professionalism; calls on the Member States to establish guarantees ensuring the independence of media councils and regulatory bodies from the political influence of the government, the parliamentary majority or any other group in society;

the procedures and the criteria for selecting the groups, as well as the number of groups that the Member State intends to select; the selection criteria referred to in Article 45 of the basic Regulation and in this Article shall constitute a minimum and may be supplemented by specific national criteria; the procedures shall be transparent, provide adequate publicity and ensure competition where applicable, between the groups put ...[+++]ting forward local development strategies.

9. Believes that impact assessments should undergo a mandatory peer-review process and that Parliament must be involved in the nomination and selection of peer-review panels and in the setting of evaluation requirements;

Where the competent authority deciding on limitations in relation to one or more port services in a specific port or carrying out the selection procedure for that service in the port in question is itself a provider of the same or a similar service or services or has direct or indirect control over a provider of the same or a similar service or services in that port, Member States shall designate a different and independent competent authority and entrust it with the decision on limitations, or approval or supervision of such decision ...[+++], or with the selection procedure, or approval or supervision of such procedure.

Where the competent authority deciding on limitations in relation to one or more port services in a specific port or carrying out the selection procedure for that service in the port in question it itself a provider of the same or a similar service or services or has direct or indirect control over a provider of the same or a similar service or services in that port, Member States shall designate a different and independent competent authority and entrust it with the decision on limitations, or approval or supervision of such decision ...[+++], or with the selection procedure, or approval or supervision of such procedure.

6. Where the competent authority carrying out the selection procedure regarding port services in relation to the port in question is the managing body of that port and where the managing body itself or a service provider over which it has direct or indirect control or is involved in, is, or wishes to become, a provider of such services in that port, Member States shall designate – where the services in question are the same or competing – a supervisory body which it shall entrust with the supervision of the selection procedure (in acc ...[+++]ordance with Article 7).